Healthy lunchbox ideas for kids in Qatar
Kids will head back to school soon in Qatar as the vacations are officially ending. Children thrive on variety and fun; they get bored very easily with routine tasks and food. Preparing healthy snacks for these growing young people is a challenging task for parents. We come to your rescue with ideas and tips to keep you on your feet and prevent you stressing over small things – like making healthy lunchboxes daily once school resumes.
-The first thing you must get in order is jotting down everything you can think of that will provide nutritional value to your children. Set aside a time where you can make an inventory which you keep referring to as well as adding items to with time. Once you have the list down, get creative with it.
-Find recipes that are quick and simple but appealing to kids. You don’t want to slave away in the kitchen on perfectly healthy food, only to find it uneaten at the end of the day; because it wasn’t the right color or taste!
-Add lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs and nuts in your weekly lunchbox recipes. Vegetables, legumes and beans provide necessary vitamins, and fruits, grains and dairy gives the added boost of immunity children need. Keep a healthy balance of all food groups in your lunchbox itinerary.
-Vegetables and fruits are vital to growing children, as are milk and dairy products, proteins from meat and eggs. Mix and match the food to get the best of everything throughout the week.
-Keeping hydrated is vital. Remember this and keep your kids drinking more water by always packing a water bottle with their lunch. Keep it chilled overnight in the refrigerator so it doesn’t get warm quickly during school hours.
-Keep it healthy. As tempting as it seems to pack in savory foods like chocolate bars, sweet biscuits, flavored popcorn, chips packets, they are not healthy foods you want your kids to consume on a daily basis.
-Make the core snack healthy, with a toss of meat and seasonal fruits packed in a creative way. Add nuts as snacks to chew on as fillers before and after lunch break.
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